Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking by Cecilia Heyes [Book Review]

The Quarterly Review of Biology 94 (2):231-231 (2019)
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With this volume, the author stakes out a bold, authoritative position in the multidisciplinary literature on cultural evolution and human uniqueness.

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